Here’s my column that will be running in tomorrow’s Calendar section in the Orlando Sentinel.

Ever wonder where that perfect spot is to have your picture taken while shackled to a brick wall? Or what’s the best bar in downtown Orlando to dance in a metal cage? Well, I have the answers.

Seriously, I do.

Stigma Tattoo Bar, 17 S. Orange Ave. (above Ichiban), offers all of this and more. Stigma is a tattoo shop and a bar. It also offers massages, piercings, pole-dancing lessons and a beer and wine bar in the back.

They really should have held off on naming the place, because the recently deceased Tabu (or Taboo) across the street would have been a perfect handle for this joint.

But Stigma works, too, on many levels.

I wasn’t in a hurry to get my first tattoo when I stopped by there at the beginning of the week, but a beer up at the bar was looking pretty good. Because it was a Monday the bar was occupied mainly by employees and others watching the Orlando Magic game on one of its four flat screens. The tattoo shop and massage and piercing parlor had folks coming through, too. The other three flat screens were tuned to Fuel TV or played videos of women pole dancing or showed women in bikinis.

Back to the bar. I was impressed with the beer prices. For $3.50 you can get what looked like a 22-ounce mug of Yuengling on draft. That’s almost two bottles. My Michelob Ultra (new year, new waistline) was $3.50 in the bottle, but all drafts were served in that big mug so I would go with the draft next time. Some friends ordered Pabst Blue Ribbon cans — big boys — for $2 a pop. I’ve noticed some bars trying to creep up that price after hipsters embraced the beer’s return, and I’m glad Stigma has it priced appropriately. A Guinness was about right for downtown Orlando at $5.50.

After a sip, I got a chance to look around the rather large space. From outside on Orange Avenue, I expected Stigma to be a small tattoo parlor with a little bar that sat four or five people. I was wrong.

This is a deep space. The tattoo shop takes up the front and is rather a small feature compared to the rest of the bar. Two red-vinyl seating areas that could easily fit 20 or more each take up the center of the bar with a ton of dancing space (and those poles) in between and around. There is that large cage, which could store a lion (or quite a few of the bikini-clad women in those videos) across from the seating. The back is occupied by the bar, with ample seating and beer and wine, including Four Loko, of course. And there are those shackles on the brick walls.

There are signs before you enter and all around the bar relieving the club of any risk if you use the poles, cage or shackles. Signs also remind folks to be respectful to the women dancing because Stigma is “NOT A STRIP CLUB!”

Oh, and there is no smoking. Not sure why the line was drawn there. You can drink and get a tattoo (a waiver has to be signed) but smoking is not allowed for health and safety reasons.

The rationale is fantastic — I love this place!

Just when I thought Orlando bar owners had nothing different and interesting to offer, they start surprising me. First with Kush and now with Stigma. It’s machismo, sure, but at least they’re not hiding under some South Beach curtain with it. Keep it coming, Orlando.

Online: stigmatattoos.com

See for yourself

Stigma Tattoo Bar

Where: 17 S. Orange Ave., downtown Orlando (above Ichiban)

When: Noon-2 a.m. daily

Smoking: No

Cost: No cover. Pole-dancing classes are $20. Go to polegasmic.com or call for times and other packages (including chair dancing and burlesque classes). Other service prices vary.